5 November, 2026
The Famous Five – One Shot Story
Things are a bit hectic in my life at the moment. Hot days – when, at 78, I don’t necessarily need to go out into the sun – alternate with rainy days, when I no longer want to c...
5 November, 2026
A Question of Scale – My Favourite Photo of 2026
This is my favourite photograph of the year. It’s not my best photo – it’s my favourite. The reason this is my favourite is because it shows what I’m playing with at the m...
4 November, 2026
Ocean Baptism in the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea – My Photograph of the year 2026
Last year, I reflected that I didn’t seem to have a clear stand out “best” photograph to share for this series, but this year I feel a little different. Anothe...
3 November, 2026
A Peak in a Colorless Sky – My photo of the year 2026
In August I set out on a drive around Oregon with the Contax G1 loaded with color film. I decided that this shot worked best for me in black and white due to the way the clouds ...
1 November, 2026
Your photo of the year 2026 (and my photo of the year 2026)
David Pauley has cornered me into this ‘photo of the year’ lark again by sharing his ‘Take two‘ and suggesting that we go for a repeat of last year…...
1 November, 2026
A Graceful Exit – My Favorite Photo of 2026
Poor Hamish. I had another image all lined up and written about for my 2026 Favorite Photo of the Year, a black-and-white photograph of a celebrated boys’ choir processing in so...
31 October, 2026
A “Haunted Tree House” – One-Shot Story
On a dark, stormy night in 1995, I witnessed Jerry Uelsmann’s spooky photos in an “Outer Limits” TV series opening and fell in love with his surreal work. Especially his “Tree H...
30 October, 2026
Life 2.0 – A One Shot Story
One fall Friday last year, as I was leaving the MIT mosque after prayer, I encountered this unusual procession. A humanoid robot leading a small team of people, marching off cam...
